whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
preparatory phase; preparatory period
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
cheating (on an examination); cribbing
that's true; of course; obviously
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
two classes; double; two sets
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
(having) same family and personal name
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
go that far; to that extent
backdoor admission to a school; backdoor entry to a school; buying one's way into school; bribing one's way into a school
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to be able to manage somehow or another
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
deck cargo; upper layer of goods; extra; to pile on top of
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
health; type of brothel/massage parlor (parlour)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
fourth day of the month; four days
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee